Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.

The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

The longer you travel, the less you know.

The best way to carve is not to split.